BS 5925:1991
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The latest, up-to-date edition.
Code of practice for ventilation principles and designing for natural ventilation
Hardcopy , PDF
English
31-05-1991
Committees responsible
Foreword
Section 1. General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Symbols
Section 2. General principles of ventilation
4 Basic data
5 Application
6 Provision for ventilation
7 Choice between natural and mechanical ventilation
Section 3. Natural ventilation
8 General
9 Flow characteristics of openings
10 Generation of pressure differences
11 Meteorological variables
12 Determination of natural ventilation rates
13 Other mechanisms of natural ventilation
14 Fire ventilation
15 Air infiltration
16 Normal building practice for natural ventilation in
dwellings
Appendix A - Bibliography
Appendix B - Calculation of contaminant concentration
Appendix C - Calculation of ventilation rates to reduce
the risk of surface condensation under steady
state conditions
Appendix D - Determination of ventilation requirements
Appendix E - Calculation of reference wind speed ur
Appendix F - Calculation of natural ventilation rates for a
simple building
Index
Publication(s) referred to
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